Smiley.Socks
DIS Legend
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So my pony Comet right? Completely headshy with severe trust issues. Some pathetic excuse of a life form obviously had him as a youngster and didn't know what they were doing and has beaten him senseless to get the bridle on and clip him. Now he's a great pony and he has very few faults but he is a nightmare to bridle. So i'm pretty much an idiot and yesterday I ran out of carrots (which we usually put underneath the bit so he takes it straight away without fussing) well he would not take the bridle and I got very very fed up so I punched his shoulder and shouted at him (not hard at all mind) until he took his bit. Well today I took the bridle in and he cowered in the corner of the stable and I do not ever ever again want to be associated with such fear, it was awful. Today he wouldn't even take it with a carrot underneath, that's how much it affected him. So it was rainy so I had a quick ride and spent the rest of my time putting some food under the bit and trying to get him to accept it when he didn't I kept calm pulled his head down reassuringly and just said come on comet in a firm but kind tone and put my fingers in his mouth to open it up, guess what? 5 minutes and it was in. I gave him some food and a pat took it off and repeated it over and over and each time he got better. I don't think he's going to take the bit without food and coaxing for a very very long time, if it all and it makes me mad to think someone could ruin a pony in such a way. He has some trust issues and can play up whilst being ridden, so many people want to shout and hit their ponies but with Comet you have to gently squeeze him and be encouraging. It just sickens me that somebody has ruined this pony. He's going to be hard to sell because as lovely as he is he isn't ever going to be straight forward and it takes him a while to build up trust with people. I have never had problems catching him, he comes to me when I call but my friends tried to catch him today and they couldn't get near him.

Sorry.
Sorry.
Sorry.